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Palin: Withdraw "for your country"

Syndicated conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, who once described Sarah Palin's candidacy as a "bright light," now is calling on her to withdraw. She is the first prominent conservative to stake out that position--bringing to mind Bill Kristol's early pronouncement in...

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September 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (115)

Girltalk

After I got out of law school and was back in my old newspaper job, the Supreme Court beat opened up. It was a dream job, and I made a pitch for it to one of the paper’s top editors,...

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September 9, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (22)

A Voice for America?

John McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, told the Washington Post this week that a “very masculine” draft of the VP nominee’s speech had been written before McCain announced his bombshell of a pick in Sarah Palin. They obviously tossed that...

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September 4, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (78)

Timing...Is Everything

Following up here on what I posted last night, Dan Balz has a fascinating piece in today’s Washington Post with more details about how Sarah Palin skyrocketed to the top of McCain’s short list over Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and...

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September 3, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (17)

Surprise, Surprise

I think it's a good idea, as we call it, to float names--in other words, put the name out publicly, leak it some way maybe, so it is known around the country that 'Joe Blow' is being considered. Because sometimes...

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September 2, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (9)